Analysis of potential direct insolation as a degradation factor of cave paintings in Villar del Humo, Cuenca, Central Spain

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-465

  Díez Herrero, Andres ^a   Gutiérrez Pérez, Ignacio ^b   Lario, Javier ^c   Cañaveras, Juan C ^d   Benavente, David ^d   Sánchez Moral, Sergio ^e   Alonso Azcárate, Jacinto ^f  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b Ferrovial Agroman   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; DEGRADATION; FIELD METHOD; GIS; HOST ROCK; INSOLATION; MORPHOMETRY; PRESERVATION; SOLAR RADIATION; UNESCO;

AZUAY; CUENCA [AZUAY]; ECUADOR;

EID: 67650912284     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20274     Document Type: Article

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